Baby Feeding

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From the community

Recent discussions

Transitioning to cows milk

Hey everyone

My little girl has just turned one and she is currently having 2 bottles of formula - 1 when she wakes up and 1 just before bed. We are looking at transitioning to cows milk.

I have tried to offer her cows milk straight out of her 360 cup however she has refused. This morning I mixed a bit of cows milk with her formula, she refused out of 360 cup but drank it out of her usual mam bottle.

Just looking for advice on how to drop the bottle completely and have her drinking cows milk out of her 360 bottle.

Thank you!🤍

Bottle sterilising

I’m going to Jamaica soon, and my son will be 11 months old so he will still need formula.
What’s the best way to sterilise bottles on holiday?
I wish I could pack my steriliser but it will take up too much space lol.

Newborn Feeding on the Go: Tips, Essentials and Recommendations

Hi mums! 😊

I have a 3 weeks old newborn and would love your tips on feeding when out and about for 3–4 hours, especially on public transport.

I’m mixed-feeding, so what do you recommend for carrying breast milk or formula safely?

Any must-have products, bags or essentials you’ve found useful? Please share where you bought them, with links if possible.

I’d love to hear what’s worked for you in real life. Thank you! ❤️

Formula milk bottles…

Dad shakes the bottles to an inch of its life because ‘hes had protein powders that’s taste horrid when bitty’

Is this amount of bubbles going to cause her issues to drink?

Won’t take a bottle - 15 weeks old

I am exclusively breastfeeding & have pumped milk that is in my freezer for if my husband ever wants to feed our son. Problem is, my son won’t take a bottle. He is 15 weeks on Saturday.

Anyone else have this problem?

He chews the teat rather than sucking it.

My baby won’t take a dummy either. I am his human dummy.

Steriliser help

I brought a Tommee Tippee UV 3in1 steriliser and was excited for it until I just saw some comments on another thread here saying the nhs don't recommend UV steriliser 🤦‍♀️ so now i think im going to return the UV one because I haven't opened it yet and have 3 months to return it, but now I don't know what to replace it with! I got it from John Lewis because I get discount, so I was looking to get another from there too, but the reason I got the uv one is because im having it in the nursery (while the baby is sleeping in my bedroom) and the uv one doesn't use water so there was less worry of spillage and steam affecting surrounding surfaces, now it seems like im going to have to use water somehow and I don't fancy the idea of cold water sterilising in a bucket because im guaranteed to knock it over at some point, plus the electric sterilisers will dry everything too and are safe to store bottles and parts inside sealed unit after sterilising until next use, and I can't use a microwave steriliser because my breast pump parts are not microwave safe. So basically I thought i had it sorted and now realise I don't and am stressing 🤦‍♀️😂 has anyone got any sterilisers they've used before and recommend? Please and thank you 🥰

Weaning

Are people starting weaning soon? Anyone else super anxious about the whole thing? (especially choking)
Safer to start with purees?

Different flow teats!

Hey, my 9 week old is still on the first teat and I’m just wondering at what point I should be changing between teats and how will I know if he’s ready

Sterilising

When do you need to sterilise till? Is it age 1? (Pumps, bottles ect)

Has anyone had issues with transitioning their baby from first milk to follow on

My son has been combi fed until 8 months. I expressed and would top up with Kendamil first milk, a bottle max per day depending on how much milk I produced. I stopped expressing around 8 months but he was still having first milk. Recently we've introduced follow on, gradually to now where he is fully on follow on. He has been projectile vomiting after feeds within minutes even seconds. This has been on going for a few days now. Obviously I've taken him to see our GP as he has diarrhea to. Under his advice stopped milk completely then reintroduced it slowly as he said it was a virus. But tonight, after only 3 ounces when his usual bottle is 7 he has vomited again. He has had no issue through out the day with water and dry toast. I'm wondering whether it could be an intolerance to the milk? He's been his usual happy self today also and has had no temperature to suggest he is sick.

5 day old already has preference for the bottle

Just wondering if anyone can offer any advice. My five day old has been topped up with formula milk for the last few days, due to us not wanting him to drop too much weight. He has already started to develop a preference for the teet - he will latch onto my boob but has a few sucks and then gives up. We are feeding him mostly via bottle with 50-50 formula and expressed milk. I am really keen to re-establish BFing for bonding. Does anyone have any advice? I have an 18 month old so am finding it hard to find long uninterrupted periods with our newborn.

4-5 weeks newborn - feeding

Just wondered how many ml of formula people are feeding their newborn of 4/5 weeks per feed. I am combination feeding but finding that increasingly my newborn is less interested interested in feeding at the breast (although he likes to be on the breast for comfort I don’t think he actually consumes much milk) so a big part of his diet is formula. He seems to be ravenously hungry much of the time and I’m concerned about over feeding on the formula!

Reduced feeding

Has anyone had their baby refuse to feed or have reduced intake? From Saturday night I’ve noticed my 11 weeks old baby will only take about 20- 60mls and I have to feed him atleast every 20 to 30minutes, so it’s like I’m constantly feeding him. (He is formula fed btw). On Sunday he was assessed in outpatients and I was advised to just continue feeding him on demand. There has been no improvement so I rang the gp today who said the same, I tried to book an appointment with the health visit just to get support from them as well and they have not rang me back yet, since yesterday, how long does it take for them to get to call you back? The few times I have tried to ring them for support I have to follow up about twice. I’m just worried my little one may not be getting enough feed

Transitioning from Aptamil Pepti 1 to Arize

hi all,
we’re transitioning from Aptamil Pepti 1 to Arize and i was wondering if anyone has done this transition- what worked for you? or done any transitioning with milk and CMPA.
my little one is 5 months old and was placed on Aptamil Pepti 1 at around 6 weeks old, with this she developed constipation and relies on 2 doses of lactulose a day, and even then, only opens her bowels every 3-4 days and is in a lot of pain and has more recently developed a rash, so we were told we could try a different formula

thanks in advance :)

Breast feeding to formula

Hi all,

My lo is 4 weeks and I’ve been exclusively breast feeding but it’s got to the point where I’m thinking of switching to formula. I’m thinking to start with one bottle a night and gradually increase so he gets used to it. Is that the best thing to do?
Also how much are your 4 week olds drinking of formula and how often?

Hungry baby alert! Formula fed

Hey all!
Quick question my 5 and a half week old little boy is having 4oz every 2 hours!
During the day he is and then also at night is this normal? I feel it’s too much he’s also struggling with his wind! We are using infacol and colic bottles but I can’t help but think the amount he is eating is a lot? He was 8lb 4oz born
Thanks for any advice!

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